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RocketRAID 3530/3540
SATAII Host Adapter
User’s Guide
Revision: 1.0
Date: September 2008
HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
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Copyright Copyright © 2008 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. This document contains materials protected by International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed in any form and for any purpose without the express written permission of HighPoint Technologies, Inc. Trademarks Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identification purpose only. Product names or brand names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Congratulations 1 - Features and Specifications .....................................................................................6 2 - Kit Contents .............................................................................................................8 Hardware Description and Installation 1 - RocketRAID 3540/3530 Host Adapter layout ...........................................................8 2 - LED Connections .....................................
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Table of Contents Device Driver CD and HighPoint RAID Manage- ment 1 - Creating a Driver Diskette ...................................................................................... 35 2 - Device Driver Installation ...................................................................................... 36 3 - HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) ...................................................... 43 Customer Support Troubleshooting Checklist ............................................
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Congratulations Congratulations You have purchased one of the highest performing and SATA hardware RAID controllers available. The RocketRAID 3500 series offers the performance and data protection features for homogeneous storage environments. The RocketRAID 3500 series meets the bandwidth requirements for high performance applications like video capture and editing, CAD/CAM and digital graphics. Remember to visit the HighPoint websites at http://www.highpoint-tech.com and http:/ /www.hptm
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Congratulations • BIOS booting support • BIOS PnP and BBS (BIOS boot specification)support • Write through and write back cache • Online array roaming • Online capacity expansion (OCE) and Online RAID level migration (ORLM) • Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration • Automatic RAID rebuild • 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume • S.M.A.R.T monitoring hard drive status for reliability • Staggered Drive Spinup • (MAID) spin down drives in array when idle • ATA
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Congratulations Operating System Support • Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 (32 and 64-bit versions) • Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS, SuSE) • Mac OS X 10.4.x and above • FreeBSD Physical Specifications Size: (202.0mm x 96.0mm) 7.95” L x 3.77” W EMI: FCC Part 15 Class B and CE Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics: Work Temperature Range: +5 C ~+ 55 C Relative Humidity Range: 5% ~ 60% non condensing Storage Temperature: ~20 ~ 80 C MTBF: 920,585 Hours Electrical Characterist
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Hardware – Description and Installation Hardware - Description and Installation 1 – RocketRAID 3540/3530 Host Adapter layout RocketRAID 3540 RocketRAID 3530 8
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Hardware – Description and Installation Port1-4 - These represent the RocketRAID 3530/3540’s Internal Mini-SAS ports. Each port can support up to 4 SATA hard disks. The RR3530 is 3 ports, and can support up to 12 disks. The RR3540 is 4 ports, and can support up to 16 hard disks. BEEP1 – (alarm/speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk/array failure. A1-A4/F1-F4 – LED connections. “A” refers to the disk activity connectors, and those marked “F” function as disk failure co
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Hardware – Description and Installation 2 – LED Connections LED connectors (Drive-activity/Drive-failure):. The RocketRAID 3530/3540 host adapters have multiple LED connectors that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard drives to the card’s SATA channels. Active and Failure LED Connectors A1-A4 provides LED support for Drive Activity, while connectors F1-F4 indicate Drive Failure. ACT LED and Fail LED have 5 pins while we just explain 4 pin’s function. J4 – This jumper is t
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Hardware – Description and Installation 3 – Hardware Installation Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter. 1. Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI-Express x8. 2. Remove the PCI slot cover. 3. Gently insert the RocketRAID card into the PCI-Express slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis.(illustration shows RocketRAID 3540) 4. After installing the adapter, attach the Mini-SAS connectors to the RocketRAID Card’s Mini-SAS
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Hardware – Description and Installation 4 - Verifying Installation Once the host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis, boot-up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized. 1. Power on the system. If the system detects the presence of the adapter, the RocketRAID BIOS Utility will be displayed during boot up. 2. Press Ctrl+H to access the RocketRAID BIOS Utility. The BIOS Utility will display information about hard drives attached to the adapter. Make sure
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility RocketRAID BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 3530/3540 card will display it’s BIOS screen during the system’s boot process. Press Control + H when prompted, to access the BIOS settings Menu. 1 - BIOS Settings Overview The RocketRAID 3530/3540 BIOS utility is an interface that provides management commands and controller related settings. 13
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility Using the BIOS Utility The following keys are utilized by the RocketRAID 3530/3540 BIOS utility: F10 – press F10 to highlight the tool bar Menu. Arrow keys – use these to move between different menu items Enter – Open the selected toolbar command/execute the selected command. Esc – move back to the previous menu, cancel the selected operation. Tab – Switch between Disk and Array menus, move to next Menu item. Space Bar – select an item (when selecting Block Size for a RAI
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility Logging In The BIOS Utility has two interface modes: User and Supervisor The User mode can only view information about the RocketRAID card, disks and arrays. The Supervisor mode is used to create/delete arrays, and configure RocketRAID related settings. Supervisor mode requires a password – this is the same password that you will need in order to use the Web Management interface. Press F10 – this should bring you to the “System” toolbar command. Press Enter. To log on a
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility BIOS Commands System User/Supervisor modes – interface modes Change password - for Supervisor mode Exit the utility – quit and exit the RocketRAID BIOS utility Disk Information – displays information about the select hard disks Initialize – initialize the selected disks (required in order to use new hard disks for creating RAID arrays, disk replacement, or configuring spare disks. Toggle Spare – configure spare disks. Unplug – remove the selected disks (hot-swap) Turn on
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility Verify – Verify the selected array (checks for parity errors) Start Task – End Task – Stop/Pause current task Controller Information – View information about the RocketRAID host adapter Eventlog – View event log entries Setting – View and configure host adapter settings Network – View and configure host adapter network configuration Window Maximize – enlarge the selected Window Restore – restore Windows sizes to default setting 1.Disk – toggle/select the Disk Window 2.Arr
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility 2 - Creating RAID Arrays Initializing Disks: Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized. Disk initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disks. 1. From the Disk window, highlight the target disks using the arrow keys, then select using Enter. A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk. 2. Once all target disks have been selected, select Disk from the tool bar, then highlight Initialize and press Enter. The utili
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility Creating Arrays: From the Disk window, highlight the target disks using the arrow keys, then select using Enter. A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk. To de-select a disk, highlight the target disk, and press Enter once more. Once all target disks have been selected, select Array from the tool bar, then highlight Create and press Enter. 19
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility This will open the RAID creation Menu. 1. Array Type: First, use the Tab or arrow keys to highlight the desired RAID level, and press the Spacebar to select the Array Type. The RocketRAID 3530/3540 host adapters support RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD. 2. Cache Policy: Specify the Cache Policy of the array. a. None: No cache policy set b. Write-back – utilizes disk cache. Default setting, optimal for performance. c Write-through – data is written directly to disk.
